Maezawa, 46, has a long relationship with Son, 64, and made his fortune with online fashion retailer Zozo, which was bought by SoftBank's internet business in 2019.

The Yogyakarta-based pair released a new album through their own streaming app.

Time magazine named Elon Musk as its person of the year 2021, citing his embodiment of the technological shifts but also troubling trends reshaping people's lives.

The largest and most powerful telescope ever to be launched into space, which will take over from Hubble, will "directly observe a part of space and time never seen before", says NASA. 

But outside our own solar system, other stars give warmth and light to planets and, possibly, life.

Google said Wednesday its most popular search terms in 2021 include "Squid Game," Alec Baldwin and the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

Vishal Garg, who has come under intense criticism after the SoftBank-backed company laid off about 9 percent of its workforce through the video call, said he had "blundered the execution" of communicating the layoffs.

Instagram announced new protections for young users, a day before the app's CEO faces a grilling from US lawmakers on whether the platform is "toxic" for children.

The two lots are for sale online through December 15, with Christie's hoping they will sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Russia will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space Station in a move marking Moscow's return to the space tourism business.

The personal computer that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales used 20 years ago is going under the hammer, along with an NFT of his first edit on the platform.

US activists and researchers said that far-right backers have employed Twitter's new picture permission policy to protect themselves from scrutiny and to harass opponents.

The remains of the Stegouros elengassen were discovered during excavations in 2018 at Cerro Guido, a site known to harbor numerous fossils, by a team who believed they were dealing with an already known species of dinosaur until they examined its tail.

Gaming platform Twitch on Tuesday introduced a tool that detects and blocks users who evade bans, a longstanding problem for victims of harassment.

Recycling phone numbers is common practice in Indonesia but has resulted in unintended leaks and misuse of the previous users' private data.

Unlike his predecessor, co-founder Jack Dorsey, Agrawal enjoyed until Monday a much more low-profile role at the company, with only about 24,000 followers on the platform, compared to Dorsey's almost six million.

Dorsey, who is also chief executive of payments company Square, was confronted during his tenure by thorny freedom of speech questions, challenges to making the platform profitable and criticism he had spread himself too thin.

It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) is a real proof-of-concept experiment, blasting off at 10:21 pm Pacific Time Tuesday (0621 GMT Wednesday) aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Albert Einstein's handwritten notes for the theory of relativity are being auctioned in Paris on Tuesday, expected to fetch millions of euros.

Facebook is battling one of its most serious reputational crises yet after a whistleblower leaked reams of internal documents showing executives knew of their sites' potential for harm, prompting a renewed US push for regulation.

The celestial show will see the Moon almost completely cast in shadow as it moves behind the Earth, reddening 99 percent of its face.

The digital world is now peppered with virtual galleries which aim to bridge art collectors from around the globe, without losing the essence of personal presentation

The move comes as Apple faces criticism and lawsuits over its tight control of its "ecosystem" from iPhone hardware to the apps allowed on handsets.

With neon hair and flawless skin, Bangkok Naughty Boo is one of a new generation of influencers in Asia promising to stay forever young, on-trend, and scandal-free -- because they are computer generated. 

For Didier Schmitt, a senior figure at the European Space Agency (ESA), Moscow's action increased the risk of a collision in space.

What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world's most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is obvious.

The Findaway acquisition will help Spotify accelerate its "presence in the audiobook space," said its chief research and development officer.

Kampoeng Cyber, a village in Yogyakarta, has made headlines for attracting big names such as Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Queen Maxima.  

The development comes amid a global shortage of semiconductors which is impacting companies including Sony.

A public count of likes -- or dislikes -- that social media posts rack up is regularly cited by critics as harmful to well-being.